# The Upsetters — Super Ape

The Upsetters’s Super Ape (1976) appears on 2 of our lists — Dub and 1976, highest at No. 4 in Dub. Every verdict, in full.

- **Released:** 1976
- **Label:** Island
- **On:** Dub and 1976
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [The Upsetters](https://waxonia.com/artist/the-upsetters/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/the-upsetters--super-ape/

## What 2 lists say

### No. 4 in [Dub](https://waxonia.com/genre/dub/)

Perry at the Black Ark with every effect running at once, and somehow the murk is legible. The best argument that dub was psychedelia made by people with far better rhythm sections.

### Picked by [1976](https://waxonia.com/theme/nineteen-seventy-six/)

Lee Perry's Black Ark at its peak, which means a four-track studio being pushed into producing something no larger studio could. Jamaica has three records on this list and could support ten.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Upsetters%20Super%20Ape) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MTOomS0HfdA)

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